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Three 6th grade students, Carter Gooch, Carrie Leivestad, and Cora Cousineau, along with their teacher Ravi Davis received their ham radio licenses this past summer. Said Ravi, “This was the first out of country contact we’ve made. We contacted a group of middle school students from the county of Kent in England. We hope to establish a regular “pen pal” relationship between their STEM students and our STEAM students to share and collaborate in ongoing global challenges and investigations throughout the year, truly connecting ourselves to the rest of the world.”
The contact was made possible by the Estes Valley Amateur Radio Club (EVARC) using their Digital Mobile Radios. Last summer a group of students from a middle school in England gave a program for an online ham radio conference.
They demonstrated the sending and receiving of Morse code using electronic devices they built in class. After the program one of our hams got in touch with their teacher, John Hislop, and introduced him to EP 6th grade science teacher Ravi Davis. Thus the collaboration began, and a student-to-student radio contact was arranged for October 29th.
The students shared information about what life is like in each of their communities and the similarities and differences between their schools. They discussed the STEAM electronics projects they are doing, some of which are very similar. EVARC really enjoyed this project and hopes to facilitate future contacts between these and other student groups via ham radio.
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